Match-lighter.



, W. I. HEY & Z'. L. GOFPIN.

MATCH LIGHTER.'

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 8, 1913.

1,1 32,34% Patented Mar. 16, 1'915.

^ WALTEB I. HEY ZELL L. COFFEN, 0F ARIDMORE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

MATCH-LGHTEB.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 8, 1913. Serial No. 783,816.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

'Be it known that we, `WALTER l. BEY and ZELL L. Corrrn, citizens of theUnited States,residingat'Ardmore, in the county of Fall River and Stateof South Dakota,

have invented newand useful Improve-v ments in Match-Lighters, of whichthe following is a specification.

rlhis invention has relation to match lighters and it consists in thenovel features hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a match lighter of simplestructure which includes aplate adapted to support a mate rialhavingramrough surface so that the rough surface is protected when thearticle is attached to'tlie clothing of a wearer and at the same timethe said roughened material is exposed so that a match may be readilystruck against the same.

A further object of the invention is to l provide in a match lighter otthe character indicated, means for permitting the ma.-

- teria'l to be renewed when desired, the said Another object of theinvention is to pro-V vide a pin or securing means for a match' lighteras indicated.

In the accompanving drawings--Figure 1 is a perspective of the matchlighter. 4ig.

2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view of the same.

The match lighter comprises a metallic plate 1 which is preferablvrectangular in coniiguration. This plate is provided with curled edgeportions 2. The platejs provided in its intermediate portion and in' thevicinity of onevend and underone of the curled portions 2 with a slot3.. The inner sides of the curled portions 2 are spaced from the surfaceof the intermediate portion o' the plate. A pine is hingedly mountedupon the back of the plate and its free end is adapted to engage akeeper 5 also mounted upon theback of the plate. A strip of .material 6having a roughened outer surface is located against the intermediateportion of' the plate and is bound around its edges bv the curledportions Q of the plate. The transverse breadth of the material 6 is nogreater than the lengthfof the slot 3 while the area of the saidmaterial is greater than the area. of the space between the edges of thecurled portions'2 of the plate l so that the said material when inposition is secured upon the plate around ally of its edge portions.

.In use, the pin 4 is passed through the .bowing the intermediateportion ofthe ma terial in order to bring one edgeof the materialoppositathe said slot. After the worn strip has been Withdrawn frombetween the curls 2 of the plate l, a new strip mayr be inserted inposition in lieu of the strip just removed.

Havingdescribed the invention what is claimed is:

A match lighter' comprising a metallic plate of rectangularconfiguration having at having a roughened surface located between.

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the intermediate portion of the plate and.

the said curled portion. the said strip -being of a greater area thanthe'snace between the edges of the curled portion and the material beingless in transverse breadth than the length of 'the slot.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signature in presence of twowitnesses. 4

WALTER l. HEY. ZELL L. COFFIN. Witnesses:

CHARLES B. Sroors, GLEN FLACK.

